RARE 1888 GROVER CLEVELAND CARTOON British Satire

Description: Source: British PUNCH humor/satire magazine, September 8, 1888, original, pulled from the magazine, not a modern reproduction. Illustrated by John Tenniel. Size 8 1/2 x 11" (approximately) Condition: very good -- light age toning, clean, no handling wear, paper lays flat for easy framing; backside is blank. Includes an extra page with accompanying poem (along with a half-page illustration by George du Maurier.)THE CUT DIRECT. President Cleveland: "Don't know ya! (Aside) At any rate, for the present."BACKGROUND: The Democrat President of the United States, Grover Cleveland, was fighting for re-election. The young lady on the right offering the Fisheries Treaty will not, at least for the moment, be able to distract him from reaching his goal. The specific issue in 1888 was the possibility of going to war with Canada. In February of that year, Great Britain and the Democratic administration of President Grover Cleveland signed a treaty designed to reduce tensions over fishing rights off the northeastern coast of North America. Two years earlier, following the expiration of a previous fishing agreement, Canadian authorities had seized U.S. fishing boats. Americans retaliated by capturing Canadian seal fishing vessels off the coast of Alaska. War seemed to be a distinct possibility. The new treaty with Great Britain spawned intense anti-British opposition among Americans of Irish descent. They publicly debated the Canadian Fisheries Treaty throughout the summer before rejecting it. Two weeks before the election, they leaked a secret letter from the British ambassador saying that the government of Great Britain quietly supported reelection of Democratic President Cleveland. Publication of that correspondence consolidated Irish-American support for the Republicans, which helped put their nominee, former senator Benjamin Harrison, in the White House.Over 3,000 Punch cartoons listed for sale, combine orders and save shipping charges. Questions are always welcome. WHO IS THE ARTIST:Sir John Tenniel (1820 –1914) was an English illustrator, graphic humorist and political cartoonist prominent in the second half of the 19th century. Tenniel is remembered mainly as the principal political cartoonist for Punch magazine for over 50 years and for his illustrations to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871).WHAT IS PUNCH?Punch, a magazine of humor and satire, ran from 1841-2002. A very British institution renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence, it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration. Punch was the world's most celebrated magazine of wit and satire. From its early years as a campaigner for social justice to its transformation into national icon, Punch played a central role in the formation of British identity -- and how the rest of the world saw the British nation. In its formative years Punch combined humors, illustration and political debate with a fresh and radical audacity. During its heyday in the late 1800s, it reflected the conservative views of the growing middle-classes and copies of it could be found in the libraries of diplomats, cabinet ministers and even royalty. In the Western world, Punch played a significant role in the development of satire. In the world of illustration, it practically revolutionized it. Over the decades as it charted the interests, concerns and frustrations of the country and today it stands as an invaluable source of cartoon art, satire, but as primary source material for historians.

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